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fault_n or_o retract_v his_o error_n however_o true_o convince_v of_o they_o if_o he_o do_v he_o be_v condemn_v by_o j._n pennington_n and_o not_o by_o the_o apostle_n james_n to_o be_v a_o double_a mind_a man._n but_o what_o if_o perhaps_o g._n whitehead_n or_o w._n penn_n shall_v find_v cause_n to_o retract_v or_o correct_v some_o passage_n in_o their_o book_n which_o former_o they_o think_v divine_a open_n must_v they_o also_o be_v judge_v double_a mind_a man_n etc._n etc._n be_v it_o not_o more_o a_o evidence_n of_o sincerity_n to_o retract_v a_o error_n than_o to_o persist_v in_o it_o have_v not_o many_o good_a man_n do_v it_o yea_o have_v not_o the_o quaker_n commend_v some_o for_o retract_v and_o condemn_v some_o thing_n which_o former_o they_o reckon_v to_o be_v divine_a open_n must_v all_o that_o retract_v from_o their_o error_n be_v repute_a double_n mind_a man_n oh_o unfair_a adversary_n full_a of_o deep_a prejudice_n and_o spite_n i_o pray_v god_n give_v he_o repentance_n and_o forgiveness_n page_n 50._o he_o be_v so_o ignorant_a and_o blind_a as_o not_o to_o understand_v my_o distinction_n betwixt_o essential_o of_o true_a religion_n indefinite_o and_o essential_o of_o the_o true_a christian_a religion_n in_o specie_fw-la cornelius_n religion_n be_v gentile_a religion_n be_v true_a in_o its_o kind_n before_o he_o have_v the_o faith_n of_o christ_n crucify_a but_o i_o say_v the_o faith_n of_o christ_n crucify_a in_o some_o degree_n be_v essential_a to_o the_o christian_a religion_n and_o otherwise_o to_o assert_v its_o plain_a deism_n yet_o that_o faith_n may_v be_v where_o the_o knowledge_n of_o the_o circumstance_n of_o time_n place_n and_o person_n may_v be_v want_v page_n 52._o he_o blame_v my_o say_n upon_o supposition_n that_o any_o suchh_a thing_n can_v be_v find_v in_o my_o book_n i_o retract_v and_o renounce_v it_o viz._n that_o any_o be_v save_v without_o all_o knowledge_n and_o faith_n of_o christ_n explicit_fw-la or_o implicit_a this_o he_o say_v be_v childish_a all_o over_o and_o for_o a_o proof_n he_o queri_v can_v a_o man_n retract_v and_o renounce_v a_o passage_n upon_o supposition_n and_o not_o know_v what_o the_o passage_n be_v but_o his_o query_n be_v impertinent_a and_o hit_v not_o the_o case_n a_o man_n may_v retract_v a_o say_v upon_o supposition_n that_o he_o have_v say_v it_o yet_o not_o know_v that_o ever_o he_o say_v it_o as_o if_o he_o be_v accuse_v that_o he_o have_v say_v b._n be_v a_o dishonest_a man_n and_o reply_v i_o know_v not_o that_o ever_o i_o so_o say_v but_o on_o supposition_n that_o i_o so_o say_v i_o retract_v it_o this_o be_v not_o childish_a but_o manly_a and_o christian_n if_o he_o have_v no_o cause_n to_o say_v b._n be_v a_o dishonest_a man._n it_o seem_v j._n pennington_n never_o repent_v of_o his_o sin_n of_o ignorance_n he_o think_v that_o be_v childish_a all_o over_o i_o pity_v his_o childishness_n page_n 54._o his_o blame_v i_o for_o say_v in_o my_o retractation_n the_o break_n of_o the_o union_n betwixt_o soul_n and_o body_n be_v more_o proper_o a_o death_n than_o the_o break_n the_o union_n betwixt_o the_o life_n and_o spirit_n of_o christ_n and_o the_o soul_n of_o man_n be_v the_o death_n of_o christ_n in_o the_o soul_n for_o of_o that_o i_o be_v trâ—aâ—ing_v and_o at_o this_o rate_n of_o his_o blame_v i_o when_o christ_n die_v upon_o the_o cross_n that_o be_v not_o so_o proper_a a_o death_n as_o when_o he_o be_v crucify_a in_o man_n by_o their_o sin_n and_o consequent_o his_o death_n in_o man_n be_v the_o only_a proper_a sacrifice_n for_o that_o man_n sin_n his_o death_n without_o be_v not_o so_o proper_a a_o death_n be_v not_o a_o proper_a sacrifice_n by_o his_o most_o ignorant_a way_n of_o reason_v but_o my_o reason_n for_o my_o assertion_n hold_v good_a and_o which_o he_o have_v not_o touch_v for_o when_o a_o man_n die_v his_o soul_n leave_v the_o body_n and_o cease_v to_o act_n in_o it_o nor_o be_v the_o body_n any_o more_o sensible_a but_o christ_n act_v in_o a_o dead_a soul_n and_o the_o soul_n though_o dead_a be_v oft_o make_v in_o some_o degree_n sensible_a of_o the_o spirit_n of_o christ_n act_v in_o it_o in_o order_n to_o its_o be_v further_o quicken_v as_o frequent_o come_v to_o pass_v in_o thousand_o and_o million_o of_o soul_n beside_o as_o i_o argue_v the_o union_n of_o soul_n and_o body_n be_v a_o personal_a union_n whereby_o what_o the_o body_n do_v be_v chargeable_a upon_o the_o soul_n but_o the_o union_n betwixt_o the_o spirit_n of_o christ_n and_o man_n be_v not_o a_o personal_a union_n otherwise_o when_o those_o man_n sin_n their_o sin_n will_v be_v chargeable_a upon_o christ_n page_n 61._o he_o